Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences
The Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPE I-VI) will be based in community, acute care, critical care, ambulatory care, and nuclear pharmacy settings. Each APPE is 1440 hours (40 hours/week X 6 weeks) in duration and will include, but not limited to, the following activities:
- all of the IPPE activities
- identifying and reporting medication errors and adverse drug reactions
- managing the drug regimen through monitoring and assessing patient information
- providing pharmacist-delivered patient care
- providing patient education
- educating the public and health care professionals on the treatment of medical conditions, wellness, dietary supplements, durable medical equipment, and medical and drug devices
- retrieving, evaluating, managing, and using clinical and scientific publications in the decision-making process
- accessing, evaluating, and applying information to promote optimal health care
- ensuring continuity of pharmaceutical care among health care settings
- participating in discussions and assignments regarding compliance with accreditation, legal, regulatory/legislative, safety requirements, the drug approval process, and health care policy matters that affect pharmacy
- working with the technology used in pharmacy practice
- managing systems for storage, preparation, dispensing, and safety of medications, as well as help supervise technical personnel involved in such processes
- performing prospective and retrospective outcomes analyses to support formulary recommendations and therapeutic guideline development
- creating a business plan to support a patient-care service
- administering medications where practical and legal
Course Details
YEAR 4 - Semester 2
PHAR 975 (formerly PHAR 675)
6 units
